Game guide:Moving into a new house

The Sims 3

To move an active household's Sims and all their possessions into a new, unoccupied house in the neighborhood:

1. The house that the player wants to move to must be unoccupied (no family name or house icon over it in Map view).
2. In the active household, the player must click a phone or computer and choose Move. This brings up the Move dialog.
3. In the right-hand "pane" of the dialog, one must click the House button at the bottom and select the desired house by clicking its icon on the Move Map view that appears.
4. The option (in the left pane representing the active household) to either pack up all of the current house belongings or to sell them all must be clicked next. (The contents of the fridge will not be moved.)
5. Click the checkmark to complete the transaction.
6. Once the sims are at their new home, build mode is selected.
7. With the sledgehammer, unwanted furniture/objects are removed.
8. Along the middle between the tools puck and the graphics of different objects to buy/place are three "tabs" aligned vertically. The bottom one is clicked: "Family Inventory". All the stuff packed up from the old house is there ready to be placed in the new home.